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Bob Fraser, one of Aspen Funds' Co-Founders and CFO, on his analysis on the Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research since 1998 in Invest Like a Billionaire's Episode 43. Download Bob Fraser's Slides - https://aspenfunds.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ILAB-E43-Breaking-Down-the-Brewing-Energy-Crisis-and-Opportunities-feat.-Bob-Fraser-and-Ben-Fraser-Slides.pdf or Watch the full episode here - https://youtu.be/AFen3Kg1C68 Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!…

Bob Fraser, one of Aspen Funds' Co-Founders and CFO, shares his knowledge on current market events and why passive investors should win by diversifying their portfolios like Warren Buffett in Invest Like a Billionaire's Episode 43. Download Bob Fraser's Slides - https://aspenfunds.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ILAB-E43-Breaking-Down-the-Brewing-Energy-Crisis-and-Opportunities-feat.-Bob-Fraser-and-Ben-Fraser-Slides.pdf or Watch the full episode here - https://youtu.be/AFen3Kg1C68…

Oil and gas prices have been on the rise, but what does this mean for passive investors? Download Bob’s slides or watch Ben Fraser and Bob Fraser as they delve into more macroeconomic trends in the oil and gas industry, current market events, and analyze Goldman Sachs' Global Investment Research…

Bob Fraser, one of Aspen Funds' Co-Founders and CFO, shares his knowledge on venture capital in Invest Like a Billionaire's Episode 3! Watch the full episode here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kPfqxO4Rt0 Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! TheBillionairePodcast.com Read transcription and show notes - https://aspenfunds.us/podcast/top-of-mind-series-whats-causing-high-gas-prices/ Listen on any podcast platform…

Bob Fraser, one of Aspen Funds' Co-Founders and CFO, shares his knowledge on what's causing high gas prices on Invest Like a Billionaire's Episode 42! Watch the full episode here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QMOiJr_F9Y Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! TheBillionairePodcast.com Read transcription and show notes - https://aspenfunds.us/podcast/top-of-mind-series-whats-causing-high-gas-prices/ Listen on…

Bob Fraser, one of Aspen Funds' Co-Founders and CFO, shares his knowledge on what's causing high gas prices on Invest Like a Billionaire's Episode 42! Watch the full episode here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QMOiJr_F9Y Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! TheBillionairePodcast.com Read transcription and show notes - https://aspenfunds.us/podcast/top-of-mind-series-whats-causing-high-gas-prices/ Listen on…

Nearly everyone is asking, "What's the deal with gas prices?" Most Americans are feeling the pinch, while energy bills and gasoline prices have been skyrocketing for months. So, what is causing such a dramatic increase in energy prices? Is the Ukraine invasion solely to blame for rising energy prices? In…

Bob Fraser, one of Aspen Funds' Co-Founders and CFO, shares his economic outlook with a summer update on Invest Like a Billionaire's Episode 40! Download Bob Fraser's Slides - https://aspenfunds.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aspen-Economic-Outlook-Summer-2022.pdf Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! TheBillionairePodcast.com Read transcription and show notes - https://aspenfunds.us/podcast/2022-economic-outloook-with-bob-fraser/ Listen on any podcast…

Investing with friends and family can be a great way to pool resources and make big investments, while spreading out the risk. But it's important to set some ground rules before you get started. In this podcast, Travis Smith, Ben Fraser, and Jim Maffuccio discuss the pros and cons of…

In this week's episode Bob Fraser discusses the future of inflation, CRE cap rates, housing sales volume and prices, if a recession is about to happen, and what these imply for investors. So if you're curious about where the market is headed, make sure to listen or watch. Download Bob…

Ladislas Maurice dubbed the “Wandering Investor,” called his corporate career quits to travel the world in search of investment opportunities. Focusing mostly on emerging and frontier markets, Ladislas’ has used investing to make money, but also to secure residency in countries around the world. Tune in to hear his unique…

Full Episode Title: Collectibles, Comic Books & Music Royalties - How to Evaluate Modern Alternatives With Stefan von Imhof Many investors normally focus on the big three: real estate, hedge funds, and private equity. But there are actually some little-known unique asset classes that are really interesting. Today, we talk…

Justin Donald, author of The Lifestyle Investor, has been named the “Investment World’s New Warren Buffett.” Justin joins Bob and Ben to talk about his transition from a business owner on a hamster wheel to a lifestyle investor with control over his time. He talks about his first cash-flowing investments,…

On the heels of our latest Top of Mind episode on retail real estate, this episode dives into a unique area of retail, neighborhood strip centers, with Parker Webb, FTW Investments CEO. Parker has worked in retail real estate since 2013, and in this conversation, we cover cap rates and…

What’s actually going on with retail real estate? For years, we’ve been seeing headlines declaring that retail real estate is dying, and e-commerce will win. We dive into some charts from a recent presentation we saw from a well-know real estate economist. The findings are illuminating! On this mini-episode series,…

The collectible coin market is on fire. As a professional numismatist, Dana has been studying rare coins for over 40 years. On this episode, he shares about his background in the rare coins market, the economics behind owning coins and precious metals, where the industry is headed, and how investors…

In this episode, we sit down with Jeremy Goff, CEO of Hiram Capital, to talk about both the energy sector and the private credit space. Jeremy shares from his background working for Blackstone, the largest alternative asset manager, talking through how energy has shifted over recent years and where it’s…

John Chang is the National Director of Research at Marcus & Millichap, one of the largest CRE brokerages in the country. John goes deep into the state of our economy, dissecting how the Fed’s response to circumstances will impact trends, how cap rates are or aren’t correlated to interest rates,…

Hunter Thompson, the Managing Principal of Asym Capital, returns to join Bob and Ben in a discussion on the current state of the economy and where are the best places to invest. Listen in as they share why it’s important to view the world of investing through an economic lens…

J Scott is a former tech guy who accidentally fell into real estate. Starting with flipping 400+ houses, he focused his experience scaling businesses into scaling real estate. Now an operator of multifamily syndications, J shares where he sees the current opportunities in the market, how he’s navigating the unique…

We welcome Shifra Ansonoff, Global Head of Research at Preqin, back for another discussion, this time focused on a deep dive into the real estate trends. Given her macro-perspective, Shifra provides high-level data on the major asset classes in real estate, their historical trends and projected growth. She covers the…

Though headlines touting the apocalypse of retail real estate have been frequent over the past few years, our guests today take a contrarian view. With the long-term impact of e-commerce changing consumers buying preferences, to the more recent impact COVID had on brick and mortar retailers, this area of real…

The world markets continue to shift and change. What is the future of alternatives for investors across the globe? Bob Fraser, Jim Maffuccio and Ben Fraser look at the shape of what's coming with Shifra Ansonoff. Shifra is head of Global Research at Preqin. In this episode, she shares her…

Greg Dowell, CFA is the Director of Investments of the Texas State Endowment System, and a 30-year veteran in alternative investments. In this episode, Greg talks about his experience taking an endowment he work for from 0% to 40% into alternatives during his tenure. He talks about his experience with…